Already working on it, I also noticed that. I also noticed that the writer loved to mention the fact that it _CAN_ create professional _LOOKING_ documents, as if it needed to be mentioned that software capable of writing professional letters was hard to come by. I also agree with you on the references, as well as filler sentences leading nowhere.
One more thing I noticed was the personal style the writer chose, always saying "they" and "you" and other words forcing LO down the readers throat. I'm currently re-working the grammer and consistency, as well as removing the redundancy. The actual content (or aim) isn't being changed, nor is the layout and format (yet). Clayton (Sky-) Walker On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Jaxson Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing that I was going to mention (my main reason for joining this list > actually) is the inconsistency between the application descriptions on the > Why for...? pages. > > Take Impress - described as a "A presentation", "Presentation" and > "Presentation manager" on different pages. If we're describing the > application, it should be something like Presentation manager or > Presentation software, rather than just Presentation. That would describe > the document produced by it. Same for the spreadsheet - Calc is a > spreadsheet package, spreadsheet program and a spreadsheet application but > is not a spreadsheet. > > Then on the Why for NFPs and NGOs page, it describes tasks that the suite > can do. "Word processor" is not a task nor is "Diagramming and charting > tool". Better to make it like the other pages, and describe the applications > contained within the suite IMO. > > Clayton makes some good points about the need to get these right - this is > where we're trying to sell the application to new users, so if it doesn't > read right then we'll end up putting people off. > > Jaxson Lee > > > On 30/01/2011 16:02, Clayton Walker wrote: > >> Alright, cool. >> >> Onto some critics, not so much ideas. >> First off, my eyes just glazed over. I can't read walls of text. Inset >> images are always nice, as long as they aren't too obtrusive and obscure. >> I >> can provide screen shots from a Mac, as I'm using one now. >> Speaking of which, another huge point would be cross platform support, >> that >> is after all one of our larges selling points (next to the fact that it's >> free.) >> Also, an interesting Idea would be to just list VERY short bullet points, >> maybe with tiny graphics included. >> >> Just some ideas. >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 4:51 PM, David Nelson<[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> Hi Clayton, :-) >>> >>> Initially, I'd suggest that you read the Features section of the site, >>> and the sub-pages about the individual LibreOffice applications. My 2 >>> cents would be to adopt a similar style layout-wise, and a similar >>> writing style, too. >>> >>> That way, all content would be consistent, with no "mini-revolutions" >>> in a small subset of pages. 90% of the rest of the site content was >>> provided by myself, and I proofread/edited the rest, so my >>> *suggestion* would be to do the "Why?" pages on similar lines. >>> >>> At a later date, we'll be re-visiting the page layouts with the >>> involvement of our Design team. At that time, we can spruce the page >>> presentations up a lot. >>> >>> However, if you have new ideas about style and layouts, please do tell >>> us about them, so that we can take a look at them all together, >>> because fresh input is always welcome. >>> >>> In any case, like Frank Sinatra sang, just do it your way, and then we >>> can take a look all together after. >>> >>> And a big thanks for your help! :-) >>> >>> David Nelson >>> >>> -- >>> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >>> [email protected]<documentation%[email protected]> >>> <documentation%[email protected]<documentation%[email protected]> >>> > >>> >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ >>> *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected]<documentation%[email protected]> > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > -- Welcome to my signature! Please note that this signature is licensed under the General Public License. By embedding the signature, or parts of it, into your brain other than by mere aggregation, your brain becomes a combined, and therefore derived, work and thus must be licensed under the GPL too. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
